Wit is a lean creature with sharp inquiring nose, whereas humor has a kindly eye and a comfortable girth. Wit, if it be necessary,
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Now you courtly dames and knights,
That study only strange delights, ...
That study only strange delights, ...
I heartily wish you, in the plain home-spun style, a great number of happy new years, well employed in forming both your mind and
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O sinewy silver biplane, nudging the wind's withers!
There, from Kill Devils Hill at Kitty Hawk ...
There, from Kill Devils Hill at Kitty Hawk ...
(Those women whom the distaff
no longer claims
nor spun cloth)
driven made,
mad,
mad
by Bacchus.
no longer claims
nor spun cloth)
driven made,
mad,
mad
by Bacchus.
O star-spun shroud,
fall softly on all of us.
fall softly on all of us.
Your rights reach down where all owners meet, in Hell's
Pointed exclusive conclave, at earth's centre ...
Pointed exclusive conclave, at earth's centre ...
... only
A figure spun on stirring of the air,
And so, untrue.
A figure spun on stirring of the air,
And so, untrue.
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise
(That last infirmity of noble mind) ...
(That last infirmity of noble mind) ...
Quite different from them [abstractions of animal nature] in origin and intent, but confused with them in form, are those other co
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